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Zancos

Definition

(noun) Devices made of long sticks with foot support, used to walk at a higher height

Examples

Los niños jugaban a caminar con zancos en el parque.
The children played at walking on stilts in the park.
  • Me prestaron zancos para la feria.

    They lent me stilts for the fair.

  • Ana se cayó de los zancos en la plaza.

    Ana fell off the stilts in the square.

  • Con esos zancos, Juan podía ver la ventana del segundo piso.

    With those stilts, Juan could see the second-floor window.

  • En la casa de mi abuelo guardan unos zancos viejos junto al armario.

    My grandpa keeps some old stilts next to the closet at his house.

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